Just added this beautiful Peruvian coffee to Fresco's offerings. I'm loving it as a drip, vacuum, press and espresso. The blood orange sweetness is almost sugar-like!

Either link below will get you there.

http://www.caffefresco.us/offerings/american_peru.php

http://www.caffefresco.us/offerings/suggested_peru.php

A new price-point has been added to Fresco's already value-friendly shipping structure. For $7.50 up to 5, 12 Oz. bags or 4, 16 Oz. bags can be shipped to anywhere in the U.S.

See all Shipping Costs, click here.

Shipping costs are always a factor with on-line purchases. When I
first entered this business roasters were creaming their customers with high
shipping costs, and some even tacked on a handling fee. Hence, my introduction
of Fresco's Value Packages -- The Chubby, 3 Bagger and Mamma Mia -- which
charged the customer my cost for USPS Priority Flate Rate, and too they
delivered the most bean for the buck. It was a hit, and other roasters followed
with more competitive rates. Today these same roasters are taunting Free or a
low cost Flate-Rate shipping fee, and if one looks closely at their coffees
prices you'll see higher prices. No doubt they are making up for the shipping
fee promo. Personally as a consumer I'm insulted by such antics and wouldn't
want to treat people like so.

Thus I'll continue to stick with providing my customers with great service,
a superb roast, excellent coffees & espressos, decent prices and straight
forward shipping fees that provide the most bang for the buck. Today with both
the soft commodities (coffee, sugar & cocoa) flying through the roof and fuel
prices on the brink of crazy I am being pinched. Believe me it breaks my heart
to raise prices but I have too and recently have. I kept my flagship Ambrosia
Espresso and Premium coffees and Blends at the same old prices while I shored up other offerings to come into their price-point, which pretty much mirrors the soft
commodity market.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Caffe Fresco is looking forward to roasting your coffee and espresso this Holiday Season. To have your orders delivered before Christmas Day and/or New Year's Eve be sure to order no later than 1pm December 20th and December 27th, respectively. To have all tasting its best for your festivities please mind Fresco's Roast Maturation and order accordingly. In order to spend time with Family & Friends this Holiday I will be closed from December 28th through January 2nd. Roast & Post will resume on the 3rd.

Thanks much for all your support in 2010, and I wish you and yours much Comfort and Joy this Holiday Season.

From now until June 9th experience free shipping (U.S. only) on Caffe Fresco's Value Packages. That's a saving of $5 for both the Chubby and 3 Bagger, and $10.35 for the Mamma Mia package.

International customers, you receive the same $5 off the Chubby and 3 Bagger packages, which brings your cost to $8 each.

http://www.caffefresco.us/offerings/valuePackages.php

FYI -- Caffe Fresco SCR is zoned and permitted by Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and regulated by The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. It's All Good.

Newly refined labels have been in the works for the past few weeks and will soon be showing up in your orders. Perfection is in the details -- A lot refinement went into the details of the label and I want to send a big THANK YOU out to Lindsey at TreeDesign.Com for her great effort on incorporating the changes! I must say, they're looking their best! The big change to the labels is the addition of certification logos! USDA Organic, TransFair ("Fair Trade"), Rain Forest Alliance, Smithsonian's Bird-Friendly and Utz Kapeh logos now appear on the applicable Signature Blend label. Below is the Primo Blend label with its Organic and TransFair label! What do you think of it? To learn more about the certifications please visit Caffe Fresco's Links, http://www.caffefresco.us/links.php

I'm loving the idea at Home-Barista.Com to begin formal evaluations of espresso coffees from U.S. roasters! A quote from Dan Kehn, the Head Honcho at H-B, about the Favorite Espresso Blend reviews, " ... our goal is to elicit the best every blend has to offer, ideally providing readers with brew parameters and tips for duplicating the results we report. The reviews will undoubtedly include copious taste notes, but true to the site's motto, there will be a strong emphasis on explaining what techniques we believe will work best for a given coffee." This intense evaluation will be of great benefit for both consumers and for the roasters. I ALWAYS value feedback (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly) from my customers as constructive. As an artisan roaster who has direct-contact with all product that leaves my shop having an intense review from this knowledgeable group will continue my journey to be one of the best roasters in the U.S. H-B members, vote.

www.tinyurl.com/fave-espressos

This Holiday Season Caffe Fresco SCR has made serving and gifting great, fresh-roasted coffees and espressos less expensive by providing free delivery on all domestic bulk orders. All orders over $96 will be delivered free until December 31st.

As we reach the year-end, timing of orders becomes critical. To accommodate the holiday rush Caffe Fresco SCR will be Roasting and Posting every weekday from November 30th through December 24th. To assure your coffee & espresso orders arrive on or before December 24th. please place your orders on or before December 20th. Caffe Fresco SCR will be closed on December 25th, December 31st and January 1st.

Regards,

TonyS.

In the past, the USPS postmark denoted the date-of-roast. Effective immediately all bags will be marked with the date-of-roast. Am sure this will make many customers happy. For me, it's an extra step in the hustle and bustle world of Roasting & Posting. Keep in mind too, all orders are still shipped the day of roast. Enjoy!